Dozens of children in Hull missed out on ALL three of their secondary school choices this year, new figures reveal.

In total, 186 children in Hull - which is the equivalent of one in 16 - were not offered a place at any of the three schools they chose and a further two children were not offered a place at all.

Year six pupils are given the option of selecting three secondary schools, in order of preference, but do not have to specify more than one.

Although it was smiles for a lot of pupils on national offer day earlier this year when the vast amount of pupils were offered a place at one of their top three schools - with 82.1 per cent of children in Hull offered their first choice secondary school - it left 186 children in a panic.

Year six pupils are given the option of selecting three secondary schools, in order of preference

New figures announced today reveal Hull has one of the highest proportions of children in the country who were not offered a school they had selected in their top three, or not offered a place at all.

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Across England, 562,487 applications for a secondary school places were made - the highest number of applications received since 2008.

This year, 83.5 per cent of applicants for a secondary school place received an offer of their first preference school, down from 84.1 per cent in 2016.

Their chances of getting one of their top three picks was also slightly down. 94.6 per cent received an offer of one of their top three preferences this year, compared to 95 per cent in 2016.

DISAPPOINTED: Hundreds of children in Hull missed out on places all three of their secondary school choices this year

At primary level, chances are improving, with 90 per cent of applicants across England receiving an offer of their first choice school, up from 88.4 per cent in 2016, according to figures from the Department for Education.

At primary level in Hull, most children - 93.5 per cent - were this year offered their first choice school and 97.5 per cent were offered one of their three picks.

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Applications for a primary school place have dropped by 3.3 per cent from 2016, with 620,330 applications. This total is the lowest seen in the four years that primary level figures have been collected.

This decrease is a result of the notable drop in births in 2013, which is now feeding into primary school applications.